de Patessil episcopus Cestrie siue de Couentre uel de Lichesfeld. H’ rex An
glie
transfretauit ut adquireret terras suas transmarinas
Obiit Johannes Cumin comes de
Anegus in Francia.
Pro dolor, Patricius de Athedle filius Thome de Galwedia ⁊
comi
tis de Adthedle1 iuuenis egregius ⁊ quantum ad humanam
oppinionem omni curiali sapientia ⁊ facescia imbutus, apud Hading
tone in ho⊗spitio suo de nocte postquam se sopori dedisset per
consilium
quorundam malignancium nequiter perimitur, cum
duobus sociis suis. Et ut tantum
facinus lateret domus in qua2 iacue
runt comburitur, ut qui intus erant non occisi sed ab igne
accidenta
liter incenso uiderentur esse extincti. Sed qui reuelat abscondita
quod pessimi fecerant in abscondito patefecit in publico, ut sub
sequens declarabit
narratio. Post cuius tamen obitum Dauid
de Hastinges accepit eius comitatum
prouenientem sibi ex parte
uxoris sue que erat matertera iuuenis occisi. Willelmus
de Sumer
uille apud Melros sepelitur. Obiit dominus Galterus Olifard
iusticia
rius Laudonie ⁊ in capitulo de Melros sepelitur honorifice.
Obiit
dompnus Andreas episcopus Morauie. Tonitura mugierunt xvi kal’
Ianuarij.
Anno domini moccoxliiio Iohannes Biseth cum Waltero auunculo suo ⁊ ceteris
compli
cibus suis exlegatur quia fama asserebat predictum I. cum consilio predicti
W.
Patricium de Athedle morti tradidisse. Magister A de Baggatte apud Melros
se
pelitur. Dominus Gillebertus de Humframwille accepit comitissam de Anegus in
ux
orem. Omnes prelati qui imperiali carcere erant mancipati libere abire sunt
permissi, qui Romam uenientes presentiam suam cardinalibus exibuerunt. Qui mox
ex
eorem presentia exhilarati Anagnie accesserunt ⁊ dominum Synebaldum
presbyterum
cardinalem ad titulum Sancti Martini in Montibus in crastino sancti
Nativi
tatis Sancti Iohannis Baptiste in papam elegerunt. Qui dominica infra octauas
apostolorum Petri ⁊ Pavli
consecratur, ⁊ Innocentius iiiius nominatur. Dompnus Willelmus abbas Clarewallensis
uiam uniuerse carnis
ingreditur, dum cum domino Willelmo abbate Cistertii de curia reuertitur
Nam de
Pietate Dei abbas deposito abbatis officio ibi a domino papa retinetur, ⁊
de Pattishall, the bishop
of Chester—otherwise of Coventry, or of Lichefield—died. H[enry] the king of England
crossed the channel in order to secure his overseas lands. John Comyn, the earl of
Angus, died in France. Alas, Patrick of Atholl, son of Thomas of Galloway (the earl of
Atholl), a distinguished youth and (as far as human judgement is concerned) imbued with
all courtly wisdom and urbanity, is vilely murdered by the scheme of certain wicked men,
along with two of his companions, by night in his qua⊗rters at
Haddington, after he had laid himself to sleep. And so that such a great outrage might
be concealed, the house in which they lay is burned, so those within would appear not to
have been murdered, but killed by a fire accidentally set. Yet the One who reveals the
things that are hidden exposed in public what those wicked men had done in secret, as
the following account shall disclose.1 After [Patrick’s]
death, however, David of Hastings received his earldom, which came down to him from his
wife’s side, who was the maternal aunt of the murdered youth. William de Somerville is
buried at Melrose. Sir Walter Oliphant, the justiciar of Lothian, died, and is buried
with honour in the chapter-house of Melrose. Dom Andrew, the bishop of Moray, died.
Thunders roared on 17 December.
In the 1243rd year of the Lord, John Bisset, with Walter his uncle and his other
accomplices, is outlawed because rumour was alleging that the John, at the suggestion of
Walter, had delivered up Patrick of Atholl to death. Master Adam of Bathgate is buried
at Melrose. Sir Gilbert de Umfraville took the countess of Angus as his wife. All the
prelates who had been in the imperial prison, having been released, were freely allowed
to leave. Arriving in Rome, they presented themselves to the cardinals. Presently, being
gladdened by their presence, the cardinals went to Agnani, and elected as pope the lord
Synebald, cardinal priest at the titular church of San Martino ai Monti, on the day
after the Saint Nativity of St John the Baptist. He is consecrated on the
Sunday between the octave of the apostles Peter and Paul, and is named Innocent IV. Dom
William, the abbot of Clairvaux, goes the way of all flesh while returning from the
curia with the lord William, abbot of Cîteaux. For the abbot of Piété Dieux, having laid
down the office of abbot, is detained there by the pope, and